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An example of recent discussion of these issues is: Panos Institute.The Internet and the South: Superhighway or dirt-track? London, Panos Institute , 1995. [cited 16 April 1996]. Available from Internet: http://www.oneworld.org/panos/panos_internet_press.html .
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For information on Devbase on the Volnet UK CD-ROM or a free trial, contact Oxmill Publishing, Croudace House, 97 Godstone Road, Caterham, Surrey CR3 6RE, England, tel +44 (0) 1883 343000, fax +44 (0) 1883 349777.
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The current edition at the time of writing is: Conference of Directors of Special Courses. Development studies in Britain: a select course guide. 6th ed. [Bradford], The Conference, 1995. A new edition is planned for Summer 1996 . [cited 16 April 1996]. Available from Internet: http://www.ids.ac.uk/courses/cou_inst.html.
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Ferguson, Peter.ELDIS: mapping information on development and the environment. Information Development, vol. 12, no. 3, 1996, 155-162.
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For up-to-date details of e-mail retrieval from Devline, please contact the author.
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Details available from Internet: http://ukoln.bath.ac.uk/ elib/intro.html.
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Up-to-date information on Devline usage is available from Internet: http://www.ids.ac.uk/usage/index.html.
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Devline entry in NISS Information Gateway Directory of Networked Resources [database online]. [cited 16 April 1996]. Available from Internet: http://www.niss.ac.uk.
